Exclusive: The future of the iPad 2, iPhone 5, and Apple TV, and why Apple is shifting its mobile line to Qualcomm chipsets — We've been hearing a ton of rumors about what direction Apple's next set of products will take and when they'll be available — but now we've got some concrete information …

Was What Happened in Tunisia a Twitter Revolution? — As it did during the recent shootings in Arizona, the Twitter network provided a ringside seat for another major news event on Friday — the overthrow of a corrupt government in the African nation of Tunisia, after weeks of protests over repression and economic upheaval.

The Opportunity Fund — We founded Union Square Ventures in 2003 to invest in the applications layer of the web. Over the last seven years, we have refined that investment focus. We now invest almost exclusively in Internet services that create large networks. Some might think this focus is narrow.

Firefox 4 Beta 9 - a huge pile of awesome — Hello, and welcome to the post for Firefox 4 beta 9. If you're reading this then you're interested in what we've got coming down the pipe for the latest beta for the wonderful browser known as Firefox 4. We're starting to reach the end …

Something's Keeping Wikipedia from Becoming a Platform — Creativity, they say, always builds on the past. So too do many wonderful things on the internet. What could be better to build the future on top of than our collective knowledge of the world as represented by Wikipedia?

The Second Coming Of The Internet IPO — Most of what I've been saying recently about valuations here at AVC has been negative. I think we are in a “focus on the upside” phase in the web investing sector and I've been pretty liberal with my thoughts on that.

Embrace, Extend, Extinguish — Not satisfied with its polarizing about-face on net neutrality, this week Google threw away previous investments in H.264 and fully endorsed its own WebM format for native HTML5 video in Chrome. — There's no question that this is a shot at competing platforms …

Android getting Google Music sync in Gingerbread? — Google's been teasing cloud-based music features in Android since its I/O conference last year, and the recent leak of a revamped first-party Music app suggests that the plans haven't evaporated into thin air.

Verizon's Initial 2011 4G LTE Market Cities — During all of Verizon's 4G LTE device madness, they walked through their plans for rolling out their new network to the rest of the country. By the end of 2011, they are expecting to be in at least 140 markets and covering 2/3 of the U.S. once 2013 finishes up.

Twitter for Mac: ‘Tweet’ from Anywhere in OS X — Just a few days ago everyone (including us) was talking about a simple bookmarklet for Safari that sends the site title and link to Twitter for Mac (Tweetie 2). Last night, I even found a Safari extension that did the same thing but also adds …